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Baidu Earnings: Looking For Signs Of Faltering Search Dominance
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) is set to announce its Q3 earnings on Monday, October 29. It had a pretty good second quarter with revenue increasing to $860 million, up 60% year-over-year, and operating profit rising to $443 million, up more than 50% year-o...
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Investing in Those Elusive Chinese Consumers
Submitted by Sizemore Investment Letter as part of our contributors program China’s slowdown looks to have bottomed out, at least for now. Third-quarter GDP grew by 7.4%, the lowest rate in three years, but in line with what economists were exp...
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Baidu’s Long-Term Prospects Sound Despite Its Mobile Monetization Woes
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) CEO Robin Li stated last week that the company was struggling to monetize its mobile offerings in the Chinese market. While this, at first, seemed like ominous news for Baidu, we aren’t really alarmed yet. We think the c...
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Google’s Chinese Music Service Exit Will Benefit Baidu’s Ting
Google (NASDQ:GOOG) last Friday announced that it will be shutting down its China music download service, another move which limits the company’s potential to harness China’s large Internet user base. Google stated that the primary re...
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100 Of Americas Fastest Growing Stocks That Made Investors Rich
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . The Fastest Growing Companies At The Stock Markets Researched By “ long-term-investments.blogspot.com “. Sometimes I ask myself how it could be to be an owner of a s...
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Baidu Releases New Mobile Browser To Tap Chinese Smartphone Industry
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) announced this week that it is releasing its new mobile Internet browser in an attempt to capitalize on the lucrative smartphone search market. Additionally, it stated that it will also be investing in a new cloud computing ce...
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Baidu Heads To $125 With Ad Business Strength
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) reported its earnings for Q2 2012 on July 23. It had a pretty good quarter with revenue increasing to around $860 million, up 60% year-over-year and operating profit increasing to $443 million, up more than 50% year-over-year....
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Baidu Looks Cheap Heading Into Earnings
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) will announce its earnings for Q2 2012 on July 23. It is the leader in the Chinese online search space where it competes with the likes of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and some smaller local competitors. It generates most of its reven...
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Baidu Reveals Secret Recommendation System
Submitted by TechNode using the Trefis Contributor Tool Liao Ruoxue, lead architect of Baidu revealed this week that a 100+ people team in the company has been working on a recommendation system since last year. The system has been implemented ...
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Baidu Looks To Acquire UCWeb To Dominate Chinese Mobile Space
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) of China, is apparently in talks to acquire an equity stake in UCWeb, one of the most popular Chinese mobile web browsers. There are two rumors floating around right now: one is that UCWeb is planning...
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Baidu Could See Mobile Search Boost With Apple’s Support
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) has been the biggest beneficiary of Google ‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) decision to withdraw from China, following the government’s censorship demands. It completely dominates the Chinese search market and may see a further in...
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Baidu Promotes Its Cloud Android OS To Drive Mobile Search
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) has been working on its own smartphone OS – Baidu Yi – for months. We have already seen a couple of phones which run its OS, and now Baidu is planning to make a bigger play. It recently launched a ROM of its OS for...
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Baidu to Launch New Branded Smartphone to Increase Mobile Reach
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) is reportedly planning to launch its own smartphone running an upgraded version of Baidu Yi, its customized mobile operating system based on Android. The new smartphones may be manufactured by Foxconn, and be Baidu-branded. Ba...
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Baidu’s Ad Revenue Leans On Mobile & Personalized Search For Growth
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) reported its earnings for Q1 2012, with revenue of $677 million and operating profit of $332 million, both up 75% year-over-year. Baidu is the leader in the Chinese online search space where it competes with Google (NASDAQ:GOO...
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Baidu Earnings Preview: Poised For Continued Search Leadership
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) will announce its earnings for Q1 2012 on April 24. Baidu is the leader in the Chinese online search space where it competes with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and a few small local competitors. It generates most of its revenues from s...